Indicators of quality of care in patients with acute myocardial infarction by sex

Abstract

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases cause almost 4 million deaths per year in Europe, most of them due to coronary heart disease, which corresponds to 47 % of all deaths. Objective: To characterize the quality of care indicators proposed by ACC/AHA and ESC in patients admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Coronary Care Unit according to sex of the Sancti Spíritus Camilo Cienfuegos Provincial General Hospital in the period January 2019 to January 2022. Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional investigation was carried out. The population and sample were made up of 341 patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction, diagnosed, treated and registered in the Registry of Acute Myocardial Infarction (RESCUE) corresponding to the province of Sancti-Spíritus, in the aforementioned period. Results: The affected patients were more frequently male, with a mean age of 67,5 years prevailing, with hypertension as the most prevalent comorbidity, the Killip-Kimball I class obtained the highest report in the study, prevailing of the electrocardiogram before arrival at the reperfusion center, with reperfusion therapy being performed in the hospital in the majority of patients. The 89.44% reported having received very good care in the treatments they received. Conclusions: The patients admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Coronary Care Unit were characterized according to sex, highlighting that the majority of patients were between 50 and 59 years old, were male had high blood pressure, a functional class II and good adherence therapy.